Achanyi Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Achanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 79 | 1:262,900 | 25,427 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Achanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Achanyi is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Achanyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,551,568th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The surname Achanyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Achanyi are found; 59 percent are found in Central Africa and 59 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Achanyi is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 262,900. In Cameroon Achanyi is primarily concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 85 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 38 percent reside and Finland, where 2 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Achanyi
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